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New Employment Laws Take Effect in California
The time has come to dust off the employee handbook and update it with new employment laws that affect businesses throughout California. The state's 14.6 million workers come out as the biggest winners from legislative changes. They will see benefits rise and certain rights expand from legislation passed in 2002 or from earlier laws that had provisions for 2003, employment law experts say. The most-talked-about legislation of 2002, Family Temporary Disability Insurance u more commonly known as paid family leave u benefits employees and will be funded by them as well. This legislation, SB 1661, has caused the most confusion
Compensation battles inflict new wounds on 9/11 families
The million-dollar federal payments that Congress designed to help the nearly 3,000 families of people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have sparked feuds within hundreds of the families. Take, for example, the family of Robert Cirri, a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police lieutenant. Before 9/11, Cirri, 39, lived in Nutley, N.J., with his wife, Eileen Cirri, and her three children from a previous marriage. His own three teenagers from two previous relationships lived with their mothers. Relations were harmonious. "We never had children of our own together, but we all got along," says Eileen
Californians Find Slow Road to Obtain Workers’ Compensation
Sharron Lockwood easily bursts into tears when she talks about how the workers' compensation system has left her family in a tangled web of bureaucrats, lawyers, insurance adjusters and paperwork. "It's appalling what they do to people," Lockwood said. A year ago, Lockwood's husband, Bruce, was run over by an excavator while working at a road construction site. The Wilton man struggled for a month to save his leg, but it had to be amputated. He and his wife are now waging an even bigger fight to get his workers' compensation benefits. The family has had to battle insurers and
Paid family leave law highlights
WHAT SOUVENIR: During the past year, the legislature has an action that could pay up to $ 250 per week for up to five weeks if people should care for a new child, including children adopted. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM: Benefits are expected to begin in October 2009. A task force was established last year to decide who would run the program, such as costs to a minimum, and how they pay, and their recommendations to the legislature this year. But after discussing several ideas, including taxing soft drinks or workers to pay members of the Task Force, which did
Speaking Out on Why “The World Can’t Wait”
Bites are quick worldcantwait.org with different perspectives on why the Bush administration needs to be pushed. Read these reports (and more) on worldcantwait.org and you hear a sound explanation historian Howard Zinn [link to the web version]. Fr Aaron Archer, Rector, St-Jean-Baptiste, RO, Spring Valley, NY; Fr Luis Barrios, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Harlem; Fr Earl Kooperkamp, Pastor, St. Mary's Epsicopal Church, Harlem, the Rev. George W. Webber, President Emeritus, New York Theological Seminary: ... We all know the litany of abuses that call for the action of our most demanding heavens: Immoral and illegal war
Getting Two Bites at the Compensation Apple
The $108 million award by a Texas jury against the Monsanto Company to the family of a chemical worker who died of leukemia (news story, Dec. 13) points up one of the strangest anomalies in today's liability crisis: The workers' compensation system, originally intended to replace tort liability for on-the-job injuries, gives plaintiffs two bites at the compensation apple. Workers' compensation is usually rationalized as a deal that benefits workers and employers. Workers benefit because standards of causation are relaxed, so that more claims get paid and paid more quickly. Employers benefit because awards are not so high as juries
Interview Dos and Don`ts, CNNfn
ALI VELSHI, CNNfn ANCHOR, YOUR MONEY: I really don`t work well in groups. I have a tendency to run late for everything. And that volunteer group on my resume? Well, I only helped out for about an hour one Saturday last year. These are all kinds of things you just shouldn`t say in a job interview. There are also things that prospective employers shouldn`t say to you in an interview. There are certain questions that are absolutely illegal to ask in an interview. Michael Karpeles is an employment attorney and a partner at Goldberg Kohn. He joins me now from
The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Jobs Column
My husband is a salaried employee at a doctor's office, and he typically works between 50 and 60 hours a week. Despite the fact he is neither a supervisor nor a manager, he is never paid overtime. He recently took a couple of days off for a family emergency and was docked about a third of his weekly pay. When he asked why his pay was docked when he doesn't get paid for his overtime hours, the doctor replied that as a salaried employee he is not entitled to overtime. Is it legal to dock a salaried Source : accessmylibrary.com
204 firms punished for flouting labour laws
Doha • The Ministry of Labour has made a stern warning to some 204 different companies because of the violation of labour law provisions and the treatment stopped with them, until it is fully compliant with legislation. The companies have been set for the action during a series of surprise raids, labour inspectors between 23 and March 27 to examine their compatibility with the new labour law. The law provides, health and the stringent safety conditions for workers in case of the reserve work, companies in the field, as well as construction sites and other workplaces. "With these companies were
The do’s and don’ts for writing an employee handbook
Do things by "the book" or risk having "the book" thrown at you. Apparently, this book carries some weight, particularly when it comes to the employee handbook or office manual that spells out company policies and procedures. If employees do not abide by the book, they could face disciplinary action or termination. For companies, the price could be even higher in that they could be hit with expensive and time consuming lawsuits. Given the seriousness of an employee handbook misstep, some telephone companies and cooperatives--particularly the smaller ones--assume their operations will be simpler, and that they may be less liable
Employment law: Courts sow confusion on dismissals
law is a ass and the courts' interpretation shows confusion and inconsistency, according to Gary Freer of legal firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert. Recent decisions have produced a series of conflicts and a terrible mess. For instance, someone unfairly suspended from duties, but not actually sacked, can claim pretty well
Common Employment Law Infringements
It is no secret that the overwhelming majority of employers whose relationship with their workers is subject to Russian law are unable to boast of full compliance with labor laws. In many cases, this occurs through no ill intent on the part of the employer -- the reason may be
2 Held Hostage for 3 Hours at Brooklyn Office
A man who said he was dissatisfied with the settlement of his worker compensation case held two lawyers hostage at gunpoint for three hours yesterday in downtown Brooklyn before freeing them unharmed and surrendering. A man who said he was dissatisfied with the settlement of his worker compensation case held
Employment law may apply to God's work
Clergy and other ministers of religion could be entitled to claim the same employment rights as secular employees for the first time after a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal. A bishop sacked for “unbecoming conduct” won a ruling in Britain’s second-highest court that he was employed by a
Living On The Edge At American Apparel
Only a handful of chief executives appear in their own ads. Even fewer appear in them without any pants on. But Dov Charney, the 36-year-old in charge of hip clothing maker American Apparel Inc., is not your typical corporate chieftain. His sense of style -- evoking the seedy side of
As Plants Close, Injury Claims Rise
On June 1, 1991, a jeans manufacturer named Big Yank shut an Oklahoma factory employing 225 workers. As the plant closed, the employees filed nearly 400 workers' compensation claims for injuries on the job, despite having filed only 6 in the previous year. The company, which had already been battered
After months of wrangling, the council votes to keep Frank Edmunds
With a 5-2 vote last week, City Council members ended three months of wrangling over the city manager's employment contract. In the end, they amended the contract. The result: Frank Edmunds has a secure job until 2013, a five-year extension from the 2008 termination date that was in his contract. And,
Religious tension in workplace on the rise
A Muslim immigrant working on contract for Microsoft filed a complaint against the company last month, saying he was interrogated about his Muslim-inspired, anti-war Web site, then abruptly fired. Two former Kentridge High School students, whose Bible club was denied a charter at the school in part because it required members
Death on the L.I.R.R.; Police Look for the Spark That Led to the Shootings
Two days after an angry gunman opened fire on a crowded railroad car, investigators are still looking into the question that continues to trouble almost everyone: why the suspect, Colin Ferguson, after years of simmering rage, apparently decided to vent his wrath on the 5:33 train to Hicksville. "He had
Caldwell Recycling Company to Pay for Discrimination
Boise, Idaho -- A regional recycling company has agreed to pay 45-thousand dollars as part of a discrimination lawsuit. The "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission" filed the lawsuit against "Treasure Valley Manufacturing and Recycling company" of Caldwell. The company was cited for its failure to stop harassment of some of its